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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: tassie on May 21, 2010, 16:48

Title: Broad beans: lots of flowers no bean pods.
Post by: tassie on May 21, 2010, 16:48

I have a nice looking crop of broad bean plants that are about waste high. They have been covered with loverly flowers that have now died off on the bottom 2/3 of the plant. The flowers have not developed into pods as I expected. When do the pods develop?

I initially netted them (this is only my second season gardening). Could this have prevented pollination?

Title: Re: Broad beans: lots of flowers no bean pods.
Post by: Goosegirl on May 21, 2010, 17:34

I have never netted my broad beans just pinched out the tops when the flowers have set to deter blackfly. I have often found that the first lower flowers don't set so I wouldn't worry too much. It could be the dry conditions or the right pollinating insects haven't been around. See how you go.